It was the Beatles’ big American bang, an impassioned success that changed the course of popular music. The Sullivan performance of “All My Loving,” “Till There Was You,” “She Loves You,” “I Saw Her Standing There” and “I Want To Hold Your Hand” was a musical genesis.

“Feb. 9, 1964,” Scott and his WannaBeatles bandmates Bryan Cummings, Nathan Burbank and David Toledo often sing. “A sound that the world never heard before/ Give me more.”

A fan perspective

The WannaBeatles pay tribute to the Beatles each time they step onstage, and the first, Sullivan-aided blush of Beatles fandom was among the chief inspirations for the latest album they’ve produced, the Grammy-nominated Fab Fan Memories: The Beatles Bond.

“I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be neat to create something that tells the story of the Beatles through the fans’ eyes?’ ” says Scott, a two-time Grammy winning producer. “We’ve got 65 people talking about their memories of the Beatles, with Beatles songs done by a group called The Liverpool Legends, original music from The WannaBeatles and narration from George Harrison’s sister, Louise Harrison.”

The fans who shared Beatles stories ranged from the regular Joes and Janes to celebrated musicians, including past Grammy winners Janis Ian and Melissa Manchester.

“We were sitting around our kitchen table on a Sunday night,” said Manchester, recalling Feb. 9, 1964. “We’d rolled in our aqua and white TV set. ... It was a totally joyous experience. Their music was tuneful and catchy and happy, and they were as cute as could be. I saw all the girls screaming in the audience, and I became one of those girls.”

The music in Fab Fan Memories is there to set up the stories, so the album is nominated in the spoken word category, alongside famed comedy darling Tina Fey, famed actress Betty White, famed actor Val Kilmer and the less-famed Oregon Shakespeare Festival. (Though a bunch of people have heard of Shakespeare.)

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Meet us at the Grammys

Scott and The WannaBeatles are actually less interested in winning the Grammy than they are in shaking hands with McCartney, who’ll be performing on the show. They’ve launched a “We Wanna Meet Paul” campaign, complete with a “We Wanna Meet Paul” song and a “We Wanna Meet Paul” music video.

Copyright law prevents us from reprinting the song’s lyrics in full, but the Cliff’s Notes version is that Scott, Cummings, Burbank (the guy, not the town) and Toledo (same) are quite interested in meeting Paul McCartney.

“As a songwriter, I’m so in awe of the melodies he’s written,” Scott says. “I just want to say, ‘Thank you.’ If we’re somehow able to meet him, I’ll do my best to act like an adult, but inside I’ll be another screaming fan. And if the deal was, ‘You can have the Grammy or meet Paul,’ I might go for Paul. I’m sure I would. The Grammy is wonderful, but Paul is a Beatle.”

Here’s hoping they meet up on Feb. 9, so Paul can wish Scott a hearty happy birthday.